Jean-Marié Malan is an artist and postgraduate student in English Literary Studies at the University of Cape Town. She grew up in Port Elizabeth, now known as Gqeberha. In 2020 she graduated with a BA in Visual Arts (Fine Arts) from Stellenbosch University, and has since been involved in artists’ studios and exhibition-making practices in Cape Town. Her broad set of interests is reflected in her interdisciplinary approach to research and art-making that is concerned with both theoretical and speculative modes of thinking and writing.